Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991. One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
You have to watch this short I discovered through the Urban Sketchers network. It's by Bastien Dubois, his work is fantastic and I can't wait to see the complete film. Apparently it has had an Oscar nomination for best short animation...
Madagascar, carnet de voyage, extrait... from bastien dubois on Vimeo.
Kind of like a sketchbook, but moving! Check his website too http://www.bastiendubois.com/
Madagascar, carnet de voyage, extrait... from bastien dubois on Vimeo.
Kind of like a sketchbook, but moving! Check his website too http://www.bastiendubois.com/
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